Character Education in the Classroom3 Graduate Level or In-service Credits/ 45 hours December 1-30, June 1-28, August 1-30

This course will help participants develop and enhance the ability to create a classroom that promotes the moral and ethical development of its students. Each participant will identify the character traits that are important in his/her classroom and will develop lessons through which these traits can be developed. This course will function around the needs of the participants in connecting lessons through literature. Teachers will create and share lessons that will be analyzed and critiqued to determine the value of promoting character education in the classroom. Common Core State Standards are addressed.